Weekly Data Privacy Alert – 1 February 2016

This week’s alert covers news from:

Armenia

• Personal Data Protection Issues Are Regulated by New Law: Armenia Minister of Justice

Germany

• “Berlin Group” Adopts Working Paper on Location Tracking Technology

• Higher Regional Court of Frankfurt: Opting Out is Sufficient for Consent to Cookies

Hong Kong

• Privacy Commissioner Calls for Personal Data Protection as Complaints Hit Record High

UK

• ICO Launches New Data Protection Self-Assessment Tool for SMEs

US

• Post-Safe Harbor: Associations Write Open Letter to EU and the US

For more information on any of these items, or data privacy issues generally, please feel free to call any of the following individuals:

Annette Demmel (Germany)